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Isidor STRAUS, Congress, NY (1845-1912)

STRAUS, Isidor, a Representative from New York; born in Otterberg, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, February 6, 1845; immigrated to the United States in 1854 and settled in Talbotton, Ga.; attended…

Leo Frederick RAYFIEL, Congress, NY (1888-1978)

RAYFIEL, Leo Frederick, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, March 22, 1888; attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from the New York University Law School in…

George Nicholas SEGER, Congress, NJ (1866-1940)

SEGER, George Nicholas, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City January 4, 1866; attended the public schools; settled in Passaic, N.J., in 1899 and engaged in the building…

Stephen Joshua SOLARZ, Congress, NY (1940-2010)

SOLARZ, Stephen Joshua, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, September 12, 1940; attended public schools in New York City; B.A., Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., 1962; M.…

John Montague

poet, writerBorn: 2/28/1929Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York One of Ireland's best-known poets, John Montague was born in New York. His father, an Ulster Catholic, moved his family there in the 1920s…

Dorothy McGuire

actressBorn: 6/14/1919Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska Dorothy McGuire made her stage debut at the age of 13 (opposite a young Henry Fonda) in A Kiss For Cinderella in her hometown of Omaha. In 1938 she…

Lloyd Nolan

actor Born: 8/11/1902Birthplace: San Francisco, California Lloyd Nolan was most famous for his role as the curmudgeonly Doctor Morton Chegley in the Diahann Carroll situation comedy Julia (1968–71…

Norman Vincent Peale

minister, authorBorn: 5/31/1898Birthplace: Bowersville, Ohio Norman Vincent Peale was one of the most influential clergymen in the United States during the 20th-century. Ordained in the Methodist…

Lewis BEACH, Congress, NY (1835-1886)

BEACH, Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in New York City March 30, 1835; was graduated from the Yale Law School in 1856; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice…

Allan BENNY, Congress, NJ (1867-1942)

BENNY, Allan, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 12, 1867; attended the public schools of Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1889…